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The Walker (2007)
 5.8
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The Walker (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story: An escort who caters to Washington D.C.'s society ladies becomes involved in a murder case.
Style: serious, suspenseful, tense, realistic, contemplative, political, suspense, slasher, clever, captivating ...
Plot: murder, lobbyist, investigation, politics, hypocrisy, state affairs, twists and turns, law enforcement, false accusation, dishonesty, conspiracy, lgbt, mysticism, bartender, senate, age-gap relationship, sex, male escort, gay son, nudity, senator, cover-up, love and romance, sexual relations, couples ...
Time: 20th century, year 2007, 50s, 1950s
Place: usa, washington d.c., virginia

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Most similar movies to The Walker

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful and tense films with plots about murder, investigation, dishonesty, police, deadly, law enforcement and death mostly in Crime, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like The Walker: Sketch Artist (1992), Harper (1966), American Gigolo (1980), Murder at 1600 (1997), Murder on the Orient Express (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Sketch Artist (1992)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A sketch artist for the police helps a witness recall who she saw leaving the scene of a murder, and discovers that the person is his wife. Not willing to believe she was responsible, he resketches the pictures so they don't look like her, and ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, captivating ...
Plot: investigation, murder, false accusation, law enforcement, police detective, serial killer, painter, black bra, bare breasts, sex scene, couples, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 11K
Harper (1966)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: Harper is a cynical private eye in the best tradition of Bogart. He even has Bogie's Baby hiring him to find her missing husband, getting involved along the way with an assortment of unsavory characters and an illegal-alien smuggling ring.
Style: neo noir, suspense, cynical, detective, psychological ...
Plot: private detective, murder, investigation, kidnapping, missing person, twists and turns, uncover truth, dishonesty, adultery, divorce, ransom, private investigator ...
Time: 60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, las vegas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
American Gigolo (1980)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Julian makes a lucrative living as an escort to older women in the Los Angeles area. He begins a relationship with Michelle, a local politician's wife, without expecting any pay. One of his clients is murdered and Detective Sunday begins ...
Style: neo noir, suspense, stylized, erotic, suspenseful ...
Plot: murder, gigolo, pimp, prostitution, infidelity, prostitute, female masturbation, redemption, sex scene, love affair, false accusation, materialism ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
Place: los angeles, california, malibu california, usa, beverly hills ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.1
 33K
Murder at 1600 (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: A secretary is found dead in a White House bathroom during an international crisis, and Detective Harlan Regis is in charge of the investigation. Despite resistance from the Secret Service, Regis partners with agent Nina Chance. As political ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, political, tense, rough ...
Plot: conspiracy, politics, investigation, president, murder, secret service, corruption, white house, state affairs, love affair, secret service agent, dishonesty ...
Time: 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa, asia, korea, north korea
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 128 min.
Story: In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.
Style: detective, suspense, suspenseful, surprise ending, talky ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: whodunit, investigation, murder mystery, train, murder, twists and turns, private detective, multiple suspects, conspiracy, justice, railway, perfect crime ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1935
Place: new york, persia, greece, britain, turkey ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 6.2
 22K
City Hall (1996)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: The accidental shooting of a boy in New York leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Style: political, tense, suspense, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: investigation, corruption, police, political corruption, murder, mafia, lawyer, mayor, society, uncover truth, american politics, conspiracy ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa, harlem, brooklyn new york city, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.6
 55K
Transsiberian (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Lithuania
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A Trans-Siberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers.
Style: suspense, tense, twist ending, psychological thriller, psychological ...
Plot: train, travel, murder mystery, murder, snow, couples, sexual tension, drug, winter, train travel, drug smuggling, marital problem ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: russia, china, siberia
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Appointment with Death (1988)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Emily Boynton, stepmother to the three Boynton children -- Lennox, Raymond and Carol -- and mother to Ginevra, blackmails the family lawyer, Jefferson Cope, into destroying a second will of her late husband that would have freed the children from ...
Style: talky, slasher, independent film, realistic, serious ...
Plot: private detective, whodunit, murder mystery, murder, investigation, conspiracy, lawyer, dysfunctional family, hercule poirot, ship, blackmail, cannon ...
Time: 1930s, year 1937, 20th century
Place: holy land, new jersey, syria, italy, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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 7.2
 173K
Michael Clayton (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: A law firm brings in its 'fixer' to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Style: suspense, serious, suspenseful, tense, political thriller ...
Plot: lawyer, business, legal, conspiracy, guilt, mental illness, law firm, twists and turns, divorce, courtroom, trial, murder ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, wisconsin, usa, milwaukee wisconsin, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
Third Man Out (2005)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Chad Allen stars as gay detective Donald Strachey in this gritty series of crime stories based on the popular novels by author Richard Stevenson. "The Donald Strachey Mysteries" follow Strachey through upstate New York as he works on ...
Style: realistic, serious, tense, suspenseful, detective ...
Plot: gay couple, gay, murder, lgbt, private detective, uncover truth, mysterious character, who done it, amateur detective, dishonesty, life is a bitch, law enforcement ...
Place: new york state, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
In the Valley of Elah (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: A career officer and his wife work with a police detective to uncover the truth behind their son's disappearance following his return from a tour of duty in Iraq.
Style: detective, touching, suspense, tense, psychological ...
Plot: guilt, investigation, army, military, army investigation, war crime, cover up, murder investigation, character study, uncover truth, parent child relationship, loss of son ...
Time: year 2007, year 2004, 21st century
Place: iraq, new mexico, afghanistan, persia, tennessee ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 117 min.
Story: Trying to find how a millionaire wound up with a phony diamond brings Hercule Poirot to an exclusive island resort frequented by the rich and famous. When a murder is committed, everyone has an alibi.
Style: detective, serious, suspenseful, clever, tense ...
Plot: private detective, murder mystery, murder, whodunit, investigation, multiple suspects, hercule poirot, amateur detective, hotel, writers, couple relations, gem ...
Time: year 1982, 1930s, 20th century, 80s
Place: mediterranean sea, greece, england, south of france, albania ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
 6.5
 7K
Deceiver (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: The gruesome death of a prostitute brings suspicion on one of her clients, James Wayland, a brilliant, self-destructive and epileptic heir to a textile fortune. So detectives Braxton and Kennesaw take Wayland in for questioning, thinking they can ...
Style: surprise ending, suspense, psychological, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Plot: murder, police investigation, twists and turns, investigation, guilt, law enforcement, prostitute, brutality, rivalry, dishonesty, secret, lie ...
Time: 20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
 6.3
 2K
Hate Crime (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Robbie Levinson and Trey McCoy suddenly encounter intolerance and hostility at the hands of their new neighbor, Chris Boyd, the son of a fundamentalist preacher.
Style: serious, suspenseful, realistic, tense, touching ...
Plot: investigation, gay, murder, gay slur, closeted gay, gay marriage, lgbt, husband wife relationship, uncover truth, gay relationship, gay bashing, abusive husband ...
Place: dallas texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
Wolves in the Snow (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Wolves in the Snow begins with the news that Antoine has been cuckolding Lucie for years. A violent marital argument ensues resulting in Antoine's death. After lying about Antoine's whereabouts, Lucie discovers his secret life of ...
Style: tense, serious, suspenseful, rough, neo noir ...
Plot: gangster, murder, criminal's revenge, couples, dishonesty, rivalry, rescue, danger, vengeance, couple relations, love affair, secret life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada, montreal
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
 5.3
 23K
Random Hearts (1999)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: After the death of their loved ones in a tragic plane crash 'Harrison Ford' and Kristin Scott Thomas find each others keys in each others loved ones posessions and realize that they were having an affair and must figure out all the ...
Style: romantic, serious, sentimental, realistic, psychological ...
Audience: date night
Plot: infidelity, death of wife, death of husband, politician, adultery, love affair, police detective, politics, dishonesty, starting over, state affairs, cheating ...
Time: 90s, year 1999
Place: australia, persia, washington d.c., usa, miami ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
 6.5
 12K
The Deep End (2001)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: With her husband Jack perpetually away at work, Margaret Hall raises her children virtually alone. Her teenage son is testing the waters of the adult world, and early one morning she wakes to find the dead body of his gay lover on the beach of their ...
Style: neo noir, tense, suspenseful, suspense, emotional ...
Plot: gay, murder, lgbt, gay teenager, danger, life is a bitch, conspiracy, tragedy, plot twist, police investigation, murder mystery, fight ...
Time: year 2001, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, california, reno nevada
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 4.6
 446
Ricochet (2011)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Two homicide detectives find their careers - and lives - on the line when they get caught up in a case of murder and betrayal in high-society Savannah.
Style: atmospheric, detective, tense, suspense, captivating ...
Plot: murder, investigation, police detective, dishonesty, law enforcement, betrayal, partner, high society, danger, couples, twists and turns, deep south ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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The Last of Sheila (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A year after Sheila is killed in a hit-and-run, her multimillionaire husband invites a group of friends to spend a week on his yacht playing a scavenger hunt-style mystery game. The game turns out to be all too real and all too deadly.
Style: clever, suspenseful, tense, suspense, dark comedy ...
Plot: murder mystery, whodunit, yacht, murder, manipulation, mind game, game, paranoia, puzzle, danger, vengeance, disorder ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: south of france, mediterranean sea, france
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 7.1
 45K
No Way Out (1987)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Navy Lt. Tom Farrell meets a young woman, Susan Atwell , and they share a passionate fling. Farrell then finds out that his superior, Defense Secretary David Brice, is also romantically involved with Atwell. When the young woman turns up dead, ...
Style: neo noir, suspenseful, political thriller, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: twists and turns, conspiracy, murder, espionage, cold war, investigation, love triangle, political corruption, sex scene, spy, plot twist, secretary of defense ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: washington d.c., pentagon, manila philippines, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
 6.6
 666
The Commander (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 145 min.
Story: Commander Clare Blake has risen to the top of her profession in the male-dominated Metropolitan Police Service and is now the head of the serious crimes unit. Some years previously she arrested James Lampton for murder. He was subsequently sentenced ...
Style: tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful, detective
Plot: serial killer, murder, police investigation, who done it, manipulation, law enforcement, dishonesty, police, nypd, strong female presence, big breasts, sex scene ...
Time: 21st century
Place: london, europe, england, brighton
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
The Card Counter (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, UK, China, Sweden
Duration: 111 min.
Story: William Tell just wants to play cards. His spartan existence on the casino trail is shattered when he is approached by Cirk, a vulnerable and angry young man seeking help to execute his plan for revenge on a military colonel. Tell sees a chance at ...
Style: disturbing, suspense, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Plot: revenge, poker, gambling, murder, vengeance, ex soldier, haunted by the past, partners in crime, confronting the past, poker player, secret past, criminal ...
Time: 2020s, year 2002, year 2003, 21st century
Place: iraq, cleveland ohio, atlantic city new jersey, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
True Believer (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic ...
Style: neo noir, detective, clever, suspenseful, captivating ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, courtroom, prison, investigation, conspiracy, neo nazi, legal, idealism, racial discrimination, cross examination, mentor protege relationship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Deception (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: As a corporate auditor who works in a number of different offices, Jonathan McQuarry wanders without an anchor among New York's power brokers. A chance meeting with charismatic lawyer Wyatt Bose leads to Jonathan's introduction to The ...
Style: sexy, suspense, suspenseful, serious, sensual ...
Plot: sex, betrayal, lawyer, hotel, heist, murder, police investigation, twists and turns, life turned upside down, conspiracy, manipulation, deception ...
Time: year 2008
Place: new york, europe, spain, usa, madrid ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.6
 12K
Suspect (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story: When a Supreme Court judge commits suicide and his secretary is found murdered, all fingers point to Carl Anderson (Liam Neeson), a homeless veteran who's deaf and mute. But when public defender Kathleen Riley (Cher) is assigned to his case, ...
Style: suspense, suspenseful, tense, psychological, intense ...
Plot: courtroom drama, lawyer, murder mystery, courtroom, murder, twists and turns, legal investigation, court, mute or deaf, false accusation, manipulation, police corruption ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place: usa, persia, washington d.c., vietnam
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Face of an Angel (2014)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK, Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Both a journalist and a documentary filmmaker chase the story of a murder and its prime suspect.
Style: tense, psychological, suspenseful, serious, realistic
Plot: journalism, murder investigation, murder, filmmaking, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, justice, innocence, delusion, forensics, interview, writers, secrets ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy, europe, baltimore, florence, new york ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
 6.1
 3K
The Badge (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A sheriff begins an investigation into the death of a local transsexual after hearing that high ranking politicians may have been involved. Although he is homophobic, his investigation causes him to be rejected by others, forcing him to seek help ...
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, atmospheric, detective ...
Plot: transsexual, gender, murder investigation, murder, uncover truth, political corruption, fighting the system, politics, investigation, dishonesty, sheriff, gender bending ...
Place: usa, louisiana, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 5.2
 2K
Slam Dance (1987)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: An artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
Style: neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Plot: false accusation, murder, frame up, uncover truth, dishonesty, betrayal, law enforcement, injustice, manipulation, life is a bitch, couple relations, couples ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
L.A. Confidential (1997)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 138 min.
Story: Three detectives in the corrupt and brutal L.A. police force of the 1950s use differing methods to uncover a conspiracy behind the shotgun slayings of the patrons at an all-night diner.
Style: neo noir, tense, noir, captivating, suspense ...
Audience: adult
Plot: corruption, police corruption, murder, murder mystery, police, police detective, organized crime, fighting the system, call girl, dangerous attraction, police brutality, twists and turns ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, year 1997, 90s, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, usa, persia, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
 7.5
 58K
Tell No One (2006)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, UK
Duration: 131 min.
Story: A man receives a mysterious e-mail appearing to be from his wife, who was murdered years earlier. As he frantically tries to find out whether she's alive, he finds himself being implicated in her death.
Style: psychological, suspense, suspenseful, detective, captivating ...
Plot: investigation, murder, serial killer, frame up, twists and turns, torture, loss of wife, surveillance, brutality, grief, corpse, disappearance ...
Time: year 2006, 90s, 2000s
Place: paris france, france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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